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Over the next four years, millions of names of the WWI dead from Canada and ten other participating nations will be displayed in various schools and libraries around the world. This autumn, more than 525,000 names of those killed in 1915 will appear in the 2015 displays. Each name will appear...

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During World War I citizens -- women, children and men unable to serve in the military -- volunteered thousands of hours to support the war effort. They worked in factories, they bought war bonds, they grew extra food in home gardens and canned it for storage, they made clothing for refugees,...

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The following list was compiled by searching the Commonwealth War Graves database for references to Kingston and Frontenac County cemeteries, with results limited to WWI casualties and/or those who were buried between 1914 and 1921. Comments, corrections and...

In the OGS Kingston Branch collection at the Central Library is a wall of genealogical treasure that is often overlooked. These bound journals contain family histories, tips and advice about searching local records, illustrations and book announcements that you won't find anywhere else. Most of...

Library and Archives Canada has made available online four volumes of records from Kingston Penitentiary. Their official title is Kingston Penitentiary Inmate History Ledgers, but to most of us they are "books of mug shots." They are a fascinating record of bad guys from about 1912 -...

Want to brush up on your Jane Austen knowledge before our Austentation events begin? Here's a complete set of her novels, letters, and a selection of biographies. Just click below to open a book on your screen. (Yes, it's really that easy.)